Robocall attacks Dianne Feinstein with anti-Semitic slurs

A robocall that included anti-Semitic slurs directed at Sen. Dianne Feinstein circulated through California on Monday, directing listeners to support the campaign of Patrick Little, a neo-Nazi who is running as a Republican on the state’s June 5 Senate primary ballot.

Little, who was banned from registering at the California Republican Party earlier this month and was escorted from the premises by security officers, told The Chronicle on Monday that he was unaware of the call.

“I had no idea this robocall existed or was being made until news contacted me a few hours ago,” Little said via email after being sent a link to the 90-second recording.

Asked if he approved of what was said in the ad or whether he renounced it, Little wrote: “Show me the lie, and I will consider renouncing it.”

It is unknown whether the call is going out to voters or just to news organizations as a way to drum publicity for Little, whom federal records show has raised and spent no money on his campaign. A Chronicle reporter got the robocall Monday and at least one Southern California media outlet, KFI-AM in Los Angeles, also reported receiving it.

Little finished a distant second to Feinstein, D-Calif., in an April poll by SurveyUSA. The survey is considered an outlier. Most polls have shown state Sen. Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles, in second place.

Joe Garofoli is the San Francisco Chronicle’s senior political writer, covering national and state politics. He has worked at The Chronicle since 2000 and in Bay Area journalism since 1992, when he left the Milwaukee Journal. He is the host of “It’s All Political,” The Chronicle’s political podcast. Catch it here: bit.ly/2LSAUjA

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